Top 10 People Who Encircled the Earth, and How They Did It

Starting off in one direction and ending up exactly where you first left off without changing your course, is something not many of us will ever experience. Without doing this at least once in your life, it’s fairly difficult to truly comprehend the fact that we live on a sphere, floating in the middle of nowhere. Besides actually going into outer space, this is the only other direct way to make you have a difference of perspective when it comes to our own planet as a whole. →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet?sub_confirmation=1 Help us translate our videos: https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_queue?msg=10&tab=0 - Learn more why you might want to help: http://ift.tt/1l7FnjV Find more lists at: http://www.toptenz.net Entertaining and educational top 10 lists from TopTenzNet! Subscribe to our Facebook: http://ift.tt/1QRrRgJ Business inquiries to admin@toptenz.net Other TopTenz Videos: Top 10 Abandoned Malls Worth Exploring https://youtu.be/UvTMoy8mKKw?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnIy7dG1B8XJ_0Qtszgv_3_z Top 10 Mysterious World Landmarks https://youtu.be/VvDpqDNBX2M?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnIy7dG1B8XJ_0Qtszgv_3_z Text version: http://ift.tt/1MQxxT4 Coming up: 10. Robert Garside – Ran Around the World 9. Laura Dekker – Sailed the World Alone at 14 8. Bertrand Piccard & Brian Jones – In a Hot Air Balloon 7. Mike Hall – Cycled the Globe in Record Time 6. Bertrand Piccard & Andre Borschberg – Flying in a Solar Plane 5. Lt. Lowell Smith, Lt. Leslie Arnold, Lt. Erik Nelson, Lt. John Harding – First Ever Flight 4. The RMS Laconia – Cruising the World 3. Karl Bushby – Hiking From South America to England 2. Jason Lewis – Expedition 360 1. Yuri Gagarin – The First Man to Orbit the Planet Source/Further reading: http://ift.tt/2wHHyov http://ift.tt/2xC7Ll8 http://ift.tt/2wHGr8A http://ift.tt/2xBx7PJ http://ift.tt/1qAPMXU http://ift.tt/2xBybDv http://ift.tt/2wHGrW8 http://tourdivide.org/ http://ift.tt/2xC7Kxz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI4VQux3qIo http://ift.tt/2wHGsta http://ift.tt/2xBJZWb http://ift.tt/2wHFdtS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl9vVgIOxTo http://ift.tt/2e9RQ48 http://ift.tt/1qdO2hW http://ift.tt/2utejC8 http://ift.tt/2wHGtxe http://ift.tt/2xBMxDD http://ift.tt/2wHGtNK http://ift.tt/2xBygXP http://ift.tt/2wHR4YR http://ift.tt/2qvDK48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1oF0B3PI64 http://ift.tt/2wHzQL6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOOhsP6aBEg http://ift.tt/2xC7JcZ http://ift.tt/2wHzR1C https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXXHn9BAceQ http://ift.tt/2xBGm2B https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iZXKUQRFMA